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After receiving intent to play from numerous teams, it is feasible that US Nationals may have twenty seven to thirty teams participating. We are happy to announce that we will accommodate this many teams with three playing areas in our 50m pool. Two of the areas will be 40 feet wide and one playing area will be 48’ feet wide.

Teams will enter as either an A or B team. Depending on the number of entries, we believe B teams will not have the opportunity to crossover into the A Division. If you want to play A teams enter the A Division.

Three Loons headed towards snowy Milwaukee to compete in the 2014 CanAm Midwestern Championships (CMCs), a 3-day tournament that drew players from all over the US, as well as from South Africa, Great Britain, Canada and Columbia.

Katie played in the B Division on Chicks with Sticks, an all-women team put together from players ranging from Minnesota, Boston, Denver, San Jose, Washington DC and Atlanta.

Gurkan and Chris T played in the in the A-division on the Midwest All-Stars team with players from Chicago, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Four Loons headed to Denver to compete at the 2014 Battle at Altitude. Katie, Jim, Amy and Mike S. spent 2 days alternatively battling underwater and gasping for breath due to the high altitude. (Much more fun than it sounds.) After the tournament, the Loons headed to Copper Mountain for a day of fun at the ski-o-rama and several hard-found Battles of Catan.

The Loons sent two full teams to the Brown Deer Brawl, a B-level tourney in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. What was really notable about the MN teams was that - of the 19 players - 8 had never been to a tournament before! Many other players joined us for their 2nd, 3rd or 4th tourneys! MN also sent two players to the High Performance A-level tournament that ran parallel to the Brown Deer Brawl in Milwaukee.

Over the weekend, Katie and Jim headed off to the Pacific Coast Championships in Vancouver to play with a team made up of players from around the US.

Despite several hilarious hiccups traveling to the tournament, the Loons buckled down once they arrived and had a great time playing against the Canadian and mostly West Coast teams. Their team, Yori's Yetis, placed 4th in the A-division.

The Loons sent a full team to the 2013 Nationals in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and placed 1st in the B-division. Congrats to Jim, Kurt, Keith, Katie, Gurkan, Karen, Mike, KT, Chris T and Chris F and special thanks to Reyhan, Ben and Don who helped the team with reffing. Look for MN Loon Laurel as well in the semi-final game with the Bay Area team.